New Haven police respond to shooting, stabbing, risk of injury to minor over weekend

NEW HAVEN -- Police over the weekend reported a shooting, a stabbing and a case of risk of injury to a child.

The shooting happened Saturday afternoon, when police said a 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg near a field area near the Lincoln Bassett School playground. The youngster who was shot told police that someone had tried to rob him; the two briefly fought, and the attacker pulled out a gun and shot at the victim.

Saturday night, police said a 12-year-old girl who had attended a "teen party" at 51 Orange St. had been stabbed in the back and taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital. Her injuries were not life threatening, police said. Police also noted that there were a number of complaints about groups of teenagers obstructing traffic, fighting and throwing items at passing cars in the blocks near Chapel and Orange Streets.

On Saturday morning, police arrested two people involved in an incident on Russell Street. Police said Nathania Blackmon, 24, said her boyfriend accused her of stealing money from him and pushed her onto a bed and choked her. The boyfriend, 25-year-old John Fraser, told police that Blackmon held a knife and blocked a doorway at the residence when he attempted to search for his missing money. A neighbor told police that the couple's 1-year-old daughter could be heard crying during the incident. Police arrested both parents.